Lensa is a free to download photo-editing app available on iPhone and Android. The viral app takes uploaded photos to create “magic avatars” using your face.
It costs $4 to upload up to 20 photos for editing which can produce 50 avatar images. There is also a monthly subscription available for $8 or an annual subscription at $30. The app can also be used to edit your photos from skin retouching to blurring backgrounds, or to edit videos.
Created by Prisma Labs, the app has been available since 2018, but has more recently gained popularity. Since Lensa is able to use your uploaded photos to train its AI, privacy concerns have started to surface about how user data is being used. While the privacy policy states uploaded photos aren’t used for anything other than to apply filters and effects to them, it does add various ways your information can be used including training neural network algorithms or providing personalized content and information to you, among other ways.
If you’ve already used the app, but have concerns about your data, you can request for personal data to be deleted. To learn more about the app and its terms and conditions to stay safe while using it, visit here.
